cadonnelly Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Well trying to pry my cat powered 610 from the owner is becoming a lesson in frustration that I do not need. I am looking at a 99 VNL630 with the cummins ISX motor. The truck is used all fall to haul grain and then put away inside. It has 825,000 miles and I will see what maintenance records there are tomorrow when I look at it. I have purchased a 610 with less than 400k miles, it was an M11, and two 770 with Volvo engines with around 800 plus miles. Now the engines in the 770 were strong engines and did not have any problems. Is the ISX with normally good maintenance a million mile motor or close to it? It also has an autoshift, which is nice, sometimes. I kinda like shifting for myself. I know there are a ton of these engines out there, that is usually a good thing. Thanks Chuckd Stillwater MN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickeieio Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 I have a 770 w/ an ISX 500 and Eaton auto shift. I like it, a lot. Only issues I've had with the motor were a leaking high pressure fuel pump, and a IFSM plate that was sucking air. (Google IFSM). Neither were cheap fixes, but nothing's cheap on diesels, especially labor. KW T-680, POPEMOBILE Newmar X-Aire, VATICAN Lots of old motorcycles, Moto Guzzi Griso and Spyder F3 currently in the front row Young enough to play in the dirt as a retired farmer. contact me at rickeieio1@comcast.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 "I have purchased a 610 with less than 400k miles, it was an M11" And it's still puttting along! Alie & Jim + 8 paws 2017 DRV Memphis BART- 1998 Volvo 610 Lil'ole 6cyl Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollytrolley Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 M11 is pretty low drama plain-jane engine and seems to work well for us , besides trucks lots of M11's run a lot in industrial applications so thousands of used engines are on the market cheap. Every decent shop know both the ISX & M11 so your never far from parts and service all it takes is $$$$ Drive on..........(whats cheep in trucks....) 97 Freightshaker Century Cummins M11-370 / 1350 /10 spd / 3:08 /tandem/ 20ft Garage/ 30 ft Curtis Dune toybox with a removable horse-haul-module to transport Dolly-The-Painthorse to horse camps and trail heads all over the Western U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OU812 Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 Dollytrolley You are correct on the parts arability. But look it this way. M11 is pushing coffee cups and N14 pushing coffee cans, for power. OIU812 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaHybrid Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 As long as it is a red head, you will be able to find someone to work on it anywhere and the parts will be easy to find. 2017 Kenworth T6802015 DRV 38RSSA Elite Suites2016 Smart Prime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mayer Posted May 25, 2017 Report Share Posted May 25, 2017 1 hour ago, GeorgiaHybrid said: As long as it is a red head, you will be able to find someone to work on it anywhere and the parts will be easy to find. I totally agree. And rebuilds are "relatively" cheap. Last I checked on an ISM it was in the 13K area for an in-frame. Everyone seems to know how to work on these. And the earlier ones were relatively bulletproof with a B50 of 1M. Even the ISX15 , which has a bunch of pollution stuff on it, maintains a B50 or over 1M. Jack & Danielle Mayer #60376 Lifetime Member Living on the road since 2000PLEASE no PM's. Email me. jackdanmayer AT gmail 2016 DRV Houston 44' 5er (we still have it) 2022 New Horizons 43' 5er 2016 Itasca 27N 28' motorhome 2019 Volvo 860, D13 455/1850, 236" wb, I-Shift, battery-based APU No truck at the moment - we use one of our demo units 2016 smart Passion, piggyback on the truck -------------------------------------------------------------------------See our website for info on New Horizons 5th wheels, HDTs as tow vehicles, communications on the road, and use of solar powerwww.jackdanmayer.com Principal in RVH Lifestyles. RVH-Lifestyles.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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